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Competition and Conflicts on Resource Use
Hartard, Susanne - 2015
This book reflects on the causes of resource-based conflicts and competition, and presents solutions for safely and sustainably providing resources with a focus on material flow management. The contributions from different disciplines highlight issues such as safe access to resources, conflicts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012401975
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The Relationship Between FDI and the Natural Environment : Facts, Evidence and Prospects
Pazienza, Pasquale - 2014
1 Introduction -- 2 The Main Features of the FDI Phenomenon.- 3 The Environmental Effects of FDI -- 4 The Competition for FDI and Its Effect on Environmental Standards -- 5 The Cross-Border Environmental Performance -- 6 Recent Trends and Prospects in the FDI Dynamic -- 7 Concluding Remarks.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014017627
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Ökologische Baustellen aus Sicht der Ökonomie : Verlierer – Gewinner - Alternativen
Jäggi, Christian J. - 2017
Märkte, Güter und Dienstleistungen -- Mobilität -- Lärm -- Elektrosmog -- Gesundheit -- Ökologische Kosten der heutigen Wirtschaft -- Märkte und Gewinne -- Mobilitätsmärkte -- Märkte für Verbrennungsmotoren -- Elektromärkte -- Gesundheitsmärkte -- Grüne Wirtschaft -- Virtualität...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014021278
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Towards Global Sustainability : Issues, New Indicators and Economic Policy
Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
This study develops a new indicator for national and global sustainability. The main components of the EIIW-vita indicator are: the share of renewable energy, the genuine savings rate, and the relative "green export" position of the respective countries; it is in line with OECD requirements on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397918
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Designing a Sustainable Financial System : Development Goals and Socio-Ecological Responsibility
Walker, Thomas (ed.); Kibsey, Stéfanie D. (ed.);  … - 2018
global financial future. The contributors argue that our world cannot move toward sustainability, address climate change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398307
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Environmental Economics : Theory and Policy in Equilibrium
Wiesmeth, Hans - 2012
: Environmental Policy -- Part IV: The Environment in the Globalized World -- Index … analyzed in this framework, and a multitude of practical examples from various parts of the world is presented …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015567
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Handbook for a Sustainable Economy
Bermejo, Roberto - 2014
Part I Critical review of the orthodox economy -- 1 paradigms -- 2 the commodification of nature and its consequences …Since the 1992 World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity, the looming prospect of Earth’s changing climate has inspired a ….” The author examines the theory and tools of Environmental Economics addressing the commodification of nature, and offers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014020862
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Emissions Trading : Institutional Design, Decision Making and Corporate Strategies
Antes, Ralf - 2011
Emissions trading challenges the management of companies in an entirely new manner: Not only does it, like other market-based environmental policy instruments, allow for a bigger flexibility in management decisions concerning emission issues. More importantly, it shifts the mode of governance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015438
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Emissions Trading and Business
Antes, Ralf (contributor); Hansjürgens, Bernd (contributor) - 2006
Emissions trading (ET) challenges business managers in an entirely new manner, changing the criteria by which environmental policy steers management decisions from hierarchical to monetary. The 24 contributions to this volume discuss ET theoretically and empirically in these broad topic areas:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520608
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Environmental Policy Instruments for Conserving Global Biodiversity
Deke, Oliver - 2008
The current, unprecedented loss of global biodiversity resulting from anthropogenic interference in the world …The current, unprecedented loss of global biodiversity resulting from anthropogenic interference in the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014014424